Curtain-fixture



(No Model.)

' J. HARRIS.

GGGGG IN FIXTURE. No.'274,191. Patented Mar.20,1883.;

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JONATHAN HARRIS, or GRAND LEDGE, MICHIGAN.

CURTAIN-FIXTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,191, dated March 20, 18 83.

Application filedDecembe1-13, 1882. (No model.)

drawings, which form a part of thisspeoification.

This invention relates to certainnew and useful improvements in that class of curtain fixtures by means of which the curtain may be extended over the whole face of the window,

partiallyor wholly drawn to the top upon a roller provided for that purpose, and itcan be partially rolled up from the bottom and by the same motion lowered from the top, in order to disclose the upper portion of the window, andmade to cover the lower portion of the window, thereby forming a cheap and effective method of controlling the movements of a curtain under all ordinary circumstances with a less number of cords and fixtures andmotions than any now in the market. 7

The invention consists in the peculiar construction, combination, and operation of parts, as more fully hereinafter set forth.

Figure 1 is an elevation of the curtain and fixtures with the entire face of the window covered. Fig. 2 is a like view with thegcurtain partially raised from the bottom. Fig. 3 is a like view with-the curtain covering the lower part of the window and disclosing the upper part of the same; and Fig. 4 is a like view where a portion of the upper and a like portion of the lower part'of the window are disclosed, the curtaincoverin g the center portion thereof.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, A represents a curtain of any desired fabric or color secured in any of the welhknowu manners to the roller B. Near each end of this roller are the grooves a, which engage with the hooks O, which form bearings for each end of the roller, in which it rotates. In order to facilitate manufacturing and adapting this roller to various widths of windows, it is preferred to make the rollers all of one length and turn similar grooves in the same, so that the hooks may be shifted from the outer grooves to the inner ones to adapt the fixture to be used upon a narrower window, in which case the surplusage outside the grooves that are thus used may be cut off, if desired. Near one end of this curtain-roller is also cut a wider groove, upon which to wind or unwind the oordD, by means of which the roller is rotated to wind or unwind the curtain in the usual manner. i

E and E are two cords, the longer one extending from the hook at the outer end of the roller through two eyebolts, F, driven into the window-casing, preferably immediately over the grooves which engage with the hooks. This cord, after passing through the eyebolts, hangs loosely upon the casing at theinner end of the roller.

E is a shorter cord leading from the hook on the inner end of the roller upward through the eyebolt immediately above the same, and is then tied to the longer cord E,'al'ter the level of the roller has been determined with relation to the window-frame.

G is a stop or buttomsecured to the windowframe at the inner side of the curtain, as shown.

In practice, when it is desired to have the curtain hanging from the top cover the entire window, the cord D is released from the stop G, as shown in Fig. l, the roller revolving in the hanging supports or hooks for that purpose. If it is desired now to disclose a portion of the lower part of the window, this is done by rolling the roller up by pulling the cord D, which, when the lower edge of the curtain is at the proper height, is then engaged with the stop. Whenin this position and it is desired to disclose the top of the window and cover the. bottom part of it, the cord E is disengaged and the entire curtain lowers until the bottom edge thereof will rest near the bottom of the frame. Now, should it be desired to still further disclose the upper portion or It will also be seen that this curtain is adaptedto fit windows of different widths by simply adjusting one of the hooks to the necessary groove in the roller-an advantage not possessed by curtains of this class now in use.

I am aware that it is not new to support a curtain-roller bytwo cords which pass up over hooks or pulleys at the top of the window and then down on one side of the window; also, that it is not new to use a cord connected with one end of the roller for rolling and unrolling the curtain, as shown by Patents Nos.192,974, 89,917, and 186,198, and make no claim thereto, but limit myself to the special construction described, and pointed out in the claims.

What I claim as my invention is-- 1. In a curtain-fixture, the combination of the roller B, having grooves a a, hooks C,eye-

bolts F, hanging cords E E, with thewindinn-cord D, all constructed, arranged, and op- 20 erating substantially as described, and for the purpose specified.

2. A curtain-roller provided with a series of grooves, by means of which it may be adapted to wider or narrower windows, in combination 25 with the hooks Which-form the bearings for the rotation of said roller, and the cords by means of which it is adj ustably suspended, substantially as'described.

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